Re: Are kolomeykas Jewish?

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

In case anyone would like to see what a village kolomeyka looks like, I just 
saw a video movie this week called Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei 
Parajanov.  It shows an entire village in the Carpathian mountains doing the 
kolomeyke.  These are non-Jewish villagers; the movie is not at all Jewish.  
I learned a similar version at a Ukrainian kolomeyka workshop given at the 
University of Calgary this year.  Interestingly, the village kolomeyka is a 
very simple dance and has little in common with the spectacular stage 
versions put on by performing Ukrainian dance troupes.
Helen



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